Machu Picchu Location:Machu
Picchu town is located on the highest area of the
eastern Andes, (high rain forest zone) above the
Urubamba river and northwest of Cusco, 2,300
meters above sea level (7,546 ft.)

Machu Picchu Wheatear:The
annual temperature averages 16°C and annual
rainfall is between 1500 mm and 3000 mm at low
altitudes. At 2,500 m altitude the average
temperature drops to 10.2°C, and annual rainfall
is 2170 mm. The dry season lasts from May to
September and the wet season from October to
April.

VISITING MACHU PICCHU

Machu Picchu Inca City - Archaeological
SiteIs a
mystical place, a monument to divinity, where
people can feel that they are a creation of God.
The high sense of spirituality that inhabits
this place seems to transport its visitors to a
place where everything "in an unimaginable way"
is possible. It is a place where strange forces
of nature allow the individuals to reach an
incomparable cosmic state, a state that can only
be experimented in Machu Picchu. It is one of
the most popular archaeological sites of the
world, and therefore, the most visited
attraction in Peru. Elected in the
7 New Wonders
of the World - July 2007

Historic Sanctuary of Machu PicchuNatural &
CulturalWorld
Heritage Site (UNESCO - 1983). The park was
established to protect the landscape of the
renowned Machu Picchu archaeological site,
founded by the Inca culture. It is thought that
it was a royal Inca residence and was perhaps
the centre for collecting coca from surrounding
plantations. The site eventually fell into ruin,
was covered by the encroaching forest, and "lost
to science" until re-discovery in 1911. Thee are
also the remains of the Inca Way in the area,
and local legends, including that of the
spectacled bear, which is thought to serve as a
messenger between the spirits of the high
elevations and those of the jungle.

Machu Picchu Site Museum - Museo de Sitio Manuel
Chávez Ballón
The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, achieves
the objectives of the preservation and
dissemination of cultural and archaeological
research. Within a modern and dynamic
exhibition, the reopening of Site Museum Manuel
Chavez Ballón has become the primary means of
communication and information for the most
important cultural Historical Sanctuary of Peru.

How to get Machu PicchuThe
traditional and most frequent is by train from
Cusco city to the station of Machu Picchu Town (Aguas
Calientes). Alternative is the Inca Trail, the
trekking route. The are no roads, no cars or
buses, there are no airport.

Inca Trail to Machu PicchuPart of
the 23,000 kilometers (approximately 14,000
miles) of roads built by the Incas in South
America, this is Peru's most famous trekking
route and possibly one of the most spectacular
in the Americas. Every year; some 25,000 hikers
from around the world walk along the
extraordinary 43 kilometers of this stone-paved
road built by the Incas leading to the
unassailable citadel of Machu Picchu located in
the depth of the Cusco jungle.

Tourist Services in Machu PicchuYou can
found hotels from 5 stars class to cheap
accommodation, there are restaurants with
Peruvian and international cuisine, Indian
markets with handicrafts and gifts, stores, and
the basic public services.

The minimum recommended time
to visit and trip to Machu Picchu is one day (from
Cusco) or 4 days if you make the Inca
Trail trek.